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Airing Pain 133: Sharing Pain – How Group Consultations Can Help Long COVID and other Conditions

September 27 , 2022
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How the symptoms of long COVID are being managed using group consultations and the many things long COVID has in common with other long-term conditions. Now that COVID has become a part of our day-to-day lives, so too has long COVID. There is now so much ...

Parenting a child or young person with chronic pain

August 12 , 2022
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Prefer a PDF?Download This leaflet is for parents of children and young people with chronic pain. We’ll look at some of thechallenges and how you can face them with top tips from parents, healthcare professionals andyoung people. What is chronic pain?Chronic pain is pain that has lasted ...

Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Leaflet

June 19 , 2022
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Take me to the leaflet What is complex regional pain syndrome? Professor Karen Rodham explains this poorly-understood condition and provides information on the causes, diagnoses and treatment and self-management options available to people living with it. Includes What is CRPS?Psychological interventionsAcupuncturePhysical and vocal rehabilitationTENS machineCopingAmputation ...

Stress, Pain and Relaxation Leaflet

June 19 , 2022
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Take me to the leaflet This leaflet is designed to help you understand what stress is, inform you as to why is it important to be able to relax when you have chronic pain and provide some relaxation exercises for you to try. Includes The stress cycleThe pain and stress ...

Manage Your Pain Leaflet

May 19 , 2022
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Take me to the leaflet A guide to becoming more active and reducing flare-ups. In this booklet Liz Macleod brings together a lifetime’s experience in helping people understand and manage their pain. Her practical approach gives encouragement to anyone who wants advice and support in living with pain. This ...

Pain Matters 80 — Out Today

May 13 , 2022
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Our new issue, Pain Matters 80, is released today, Friday 13th May 2022. How we think about pain and how we research it. Inside Issue 80: Funding for pain research is absolutely essential in order to move towards a healthcare system with improved outcomes, where quality of patient care ...

Transcript – Airing Pain 132: When Children Have Arthritis

May 06 , 2022
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How do you identify illness in young children and coping as a family. This Airing Pain was recorded at the Scottish Network for Arthritis in Children SNAC’s 2022 Family Weekend at Crieff Hydro, which brings together families recently affected by juvenile idiopathic arthritis and some of the country’s leading paediatric rheumatology experts.  To ...

Airing Pain 132: When Children Have Arthritis

May 03 , 2022
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How do you identify illness in young children and coping as a family. This Airing Pain was recorded at the Scottish Network for Arthritis in Children SNAC’s 2022 Family Weekend at Crieff Hydro, which brings together families recently affected by juvenile idiopathic arthritis and some of the country’s leading ...

Managing Emotions with Chronic Pain Leaflet

March 19 , 2022
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Take me to the leaflet This leaflet is designed to help you think about how chronic pain can give rise to difficult feelings and thoughts. David Craig and Katy Gordon look at how this can affect your life and how to address these emotional effects of pain. Please note ...

Pain Concern Book Club – Where Does It Hurt?: Life With Chronic Pain – A Memoir by Tim Atkinson

January 13 , 2022
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This isn’t just a book about Atkinsons pain journey though. Where Does It Hurt?: is full of historical information about pain and its treatment, notable research and science experiments, pop culture references and a sense of humour which makes it a joy to read.

Airing Pain 131: Face Pain, Treatment & Management

January 11 , 2022
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What causes different types of face pain and what treatment is available?  In collaboration with UCLH Royal National ENT & Eastman Dental Hospitals.   In this episode of Airing Pain we cover facial pain in its many forms, what treatments are available and how to cope better with your pain. The way ...

Transcript – Airing Pain 131: Face Pain, Treatment & Management

January 11 , 2022
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What causes different types of face pain and what treatment is available?  In collaboration with UCLH Royal National ENT & Eastman Dental Hospitals. To listen to the programme please click here. Prefer a PDF?Download In this episode of Airing Pain we cover facial pain in its many forms, what treatments are available and how to ...
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